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Classroom Management Tips & Tricks Collection

Module 1

Projects in this module: Team Presentations, WebQuest Part 1 (text), Student Sample including Rubrics (product and presentation)

--Date--
--What we will do in class today--
--What you need to have completed before coming to class today--

M

1/31
  1. Welcome to Module 1!
  2. handback MEL productions feedback from me
  3. your insights from the self-reflection
  4. opportunity to improve your MEL product
  5. MEL Conclusion
  6. another look at your MEL judge's feedback
  7. figuring out Blackboard
  8. blog entries--funky paragraphs; "jump out" on Fires entries
  9. delicious checkup, adding Firefox add-ons for delicious
  10. Team Presentation details
  11. what is "a digital presence" for your Team Presentation?
  12. Maine Memory Network samples
  13. MMN homework due in 1 week
  14. reminder about digital story
  15. resources for team presentations
  16. team building (food, a handshake, and a code word) & team name
  17. any special needs for team presentations? (assign homework? presentation order? different location? . . . )
  18. time with team
  • set up a delicious account if you haven't already
  • start researching your team's emerging technology
T 2/1
Dr. Theresa will be available during office hours (11:00-1:00) and will extend that time until 1:30 for any teams that need assistance.

W

2/2
Happy Groundhog Day
Snow Day!
No class today but we will make it up on Friday
Th 2/3
Dr. Theresa will be available in her office from 11-1:30 for any teams that need assistance or have questions related to team presentations tomorrow

F

2/4
Class #1 in Computer Lab starting early at 9:00 and lasting until 12:30pm
  1. Feedback Sandwich
  2. Team Presentations
  3. discuss copyright and fair use homework
  4. respecting intellectual property
  5. "What is a WebQuest?"
  6. starting your EDU 221 glossary
  7. uploading your CM comic and your syllabus audio recording
  • your Team Presentation should be ready to go!

F

2/4
Class # in Ed Center 106
1:10-2:20
Whatever is left from the list above

M

2/7
  1. brief intro to student sample
    1. What It Is, Hamlet
    2. Pirate Prezi
  2. student sample of unit performance task
  3. humor follow-up
  4. copyright video follow-up
  5. glossary project
  6. details of the 3-2-1
  7. introduction to WebQuests
  • (don't forget the self evaluation due Sunday by 1pm via email)
  • explore the Maine Memory Network
  • read the 2 handouts on humor

W

2/9
  1. hand in WebQuest reviews
  2. another look at Type I and Type II with input from the experts (you)
  3. 21st Century Skills--what are they?
  4. CM Tips And Tricks collection
  5. let's look at samples
  6. discuss/review products & student sample
  7. work on student samples and rubrics in class
W 2/9
11:45-1:00
Presentation by a candidate for the professor position in Special Education (a possible future teacher of yours) Ed. Center 106--Brian Cavanaugh "Positive Behavior Supports, Child Development, and the Prevention of Emotional and Behavioral Difficulties in School"

Th 2/10
Dr. Theresa is available in her office from after Dr. Grace's class until 1:30pm to help with student samples and/or rubrics

F

2/11
  1. history of educational technology
  2. Intel CD
  3. diversity activity
  4. Inspiration Exploration
  5. powerful rubrics -- peer feedback
  • (work on student sample and 2 rubrics)
  • bring printouts of your 2 rubrics to class
  • finish filling out your Type I, Type II paper (do the blog, wiki, iMovie, Comic Life, and GarageBand rows) and bring it to class (have electronic access to it)
F 2/11 11:45-1:00
Presentation by a candidate for the professor position in Special Education (a possible future teacher of yours) Ed. Center 106--Dake Zhang "Transition from Intuitive to Advanced Strategies in Multiplicative Reasoning for Students with Math Learning Difficulties"

M

2/14
Happy Valentine's Day
  1. student sample presentations
  2. long discussion about rubrics--why and why not
  3. try the surveys one more time if it didn't work for you before
    1. technology survey
    2. information survey
  • student sample should be linked to class artifacts wiki
  • bring printouts of your 2 rubrics to class and turn in to Dr. Theresa right before it's your turn to present
  • bring a printout of your student sample to turn in to Dr. Theresa right before it's your turn to present
    • bring a full printout of all pages (black and white is fine) if it's a wiki, e-book, Comic Life, etc
    • bring a storyboard/transcript of your student sample if it's an iMovie, GarageBand, etc. AND include a listing of any text that appears on the screen of your movie/mp3/m4a
    • if your student sample has no visible text, you don't have to bring anything to class

W

2/16
  1. one more student sample
  2. refining your delicious account
  3. conclusion activity
  4. posting your WebQuest text on the class wiki--GRASPS, intro, task and conclusion
  5. review room arrangement assignment to do while in the classroom (follow-up to Chapter 1)
  6. look at double highlighter homework
  7. How's your Facebook status?
  8. does this describe you? where will you be in 5 years? what about your students? this is who your students are now that you will have in 10 years
  9. so how millennial are you?
W 2/16 12:00-1:00
Presentation by a candidate for the professor position in Special Education (a possible future teacher of yours) Ed. Center 106--Lance Napier: "Using Service-Learning to Develop an Inclusive Community"

F

2/18
Happy Last Day of Module 1
  1. revisiting student samples, rubrics, and WebQuest texts -- works in progress
  2. contribute at least 2 items to the CM Tips And Tricks Collection based on observations or conversations in the field, your own experience in the field, Fires in the Bathroom, . . . [due by end of week 1 of module 2]
  3. read Fires in the Bathroom while in the classroom; 8 new QRs are due before 1st class of Module 2 [don't forget that you have to try something new for your blog . . . you could do one of these]
  4. 3-2-1
  5. chapter 2 debriefing and intro to next assignment
  6. review Classroom Management Chapter project and what to do while in the classroom
  7. sign up for Classroom Management teams
  8. what to expect in Module 2
2/21 - 2/25
Happy February Break!

Things to do while you're in the field:
  • room arrangement assignment
  • read the rest of Fires in the Bathroom and do your QR blog entries (1 for each chapter)
  • think about 3-2-1 . . . you could do your "1" on one of your QR blog posts
  • watch for CM Tips And Tricks that you could contribute to the class collection
  • possibly do your Classroom Management Chapter interview
  • possibly create your Classroom Management "Table of Contents" and get it approved by Dr. Theresa

Things we'll do in module 2: